This week we lost a wonderful friend.


She was a very great lady, though small in stature, so she told us.

>Who's a grown woman? I'm only 5'1"...thats not grown!....<

She was the strong head of a matriarchal family - mother to 9 (and like a mother to several others she wasn't related to). She had 27 grandchildren and at least 3 great-grandchildren.
LF would often joke that they needed to hire a hall if they all got together!

She had gigantic courage and determination. Her sense of humour was absolutely unique. I've lost count of the number of times she'd come at you from left field and knock you sideways with a smart comment that was outrageous and funny. When I opened a post from her I never knew what was coming!

Once we were posting things in our groups on the theme of bubbles.
Hahahaha she posted this pic of a plane in a bath and called the post

Bubble bath - big time.

>Now This is A BIG Bubble Bath.
I hope they used Q-tips in the Jet Engines,he,he. >Little Flower<

She led an amazing life, when she was young she was a professional roller skater. Then she trained as a nurse and became a Surgical Scrub nurse.
After she had her children she became a policewoman and rose to be a Police Chief.



I always remember this message she posted after a rather hostile man in the Women of Today group called her a "dyke".

>I worked in a Male oriented job for several years.
I weighted 135 lb at that time,and 250lb men made belt buckle scratches on the hood of my cruiser all the time, as they slid across to the other side,where they were handcuffed,and taken to jail. Most times, I worked a one-person car, so was on my own (oh my, I might break a fingernail!).
I pulled dead (several days) bodies out of Lake Erie, got stabbed in the leg. Was involved in a few shootings and engaged in fisticuffs many times with the (so called) tougher sex.
They behave badly more often, and act their way into jail more often, than any female.
I am NOT a Dyke, as you so crudely put it, but a very definitely heterosexual female, mother of 9 and happily married wife.<

She also taught Firearms,and Defensive Tactics in Police Academy.

Not a lady to mess with haha but her children found her fair and supportive and all loved her. Well you couldn't help loving her, she was marvellous.
We all loved her in the Trolls treasures groups and the Women Of Today group and her own Cancer Support group.


Here she is with her husband JR.

I'll never forget when she first came into the groups, she seemed so shy and had terrible trouble with her computer.
It took her what seemed like forever to learn how to cut and paste. We finally worked out that she was getting so nervous that she pressed the key so hard it pasted 20 times. hahahaha when we said she should just tap lightly. She was absolutely delighted when she found she could finally do it.

Then of course she bombarded us with wonderful jokes which she'd C&P :-)
Next thing we knew she was giving people in the Help Group advice like a real geek.

Ah happy memories.......

She was always beautiful :-)



We'll all miss her terribly. She was unforgettable. Her memory will live on in our hearts.

Cary